Just curious, I don't remember when I first heard of Lillith. She has just always been known to me.(I was raised Wiccan.) I was very shocked to discover most Christians have no knowledge of their beloved Adams first wife. Is this just not taught to them?
2007-08-27 18:28:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lets try to be open minded and not be condencending. Just because you haven't heard of something doesn't mean it not true.
2007-08-27 19:51:22 · update #1
For those who do not know, Lilith is the Goddess of sexual desire and lust in my religion. After fleeing from the Garden of Eden, she is credited in some instances as being the serpent or influencing the serpent into tempting Eve into eating the fruit from the tree. I already know she is not in the modern day King James version . My question was in what version could she be found in. i know who she is and most of the lore behind Lilith, I just wanted to know if Christians were aware of her and if any bibles contained her lore.
2007-08-27 20:58:02 · update #2
Lilith was origanaly written about in an ancient Hebrew Text . the story of lilith was even used in ancient times by hebrew parents to fritghen ther children into obedience, If I remember correctly I believe that the story of Adam and Lilith was edited out of the text around 400 bc and simply became the story of Adam and Eve. If there is any exsisting copies left they will be either in some old archaic hebrew temple in Jeruselum and/or perhaps under lock and key in the Vatican.
2007-08-27 19:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lillith is a myth that has ancient roots (Lilith is in Gilgamesh, the Sumerian epic from abt 1800 BC). There are two accounts of Creation in Genesis, and one theory is that the Lillith as the "first" woman has roots in the 2 accounts. If there are two accounts, who was the woman in the "earlier" accounts? In rabbinic story-telling, the first woman -Lillith- was disobedient to God and Adam and was cast out of Eden to become a demon, a threat to infants and men. (However, the two accounts are just that, two versions of one event, not two different stories.) Lillith seems to have undergone some rehab (separately) at the hands of feminist spirituality and Kabbalah. She's become a feminist archetype, a woman who demanded equality, an ancient, pre-Israelite goddess marginalized by men. But she's not Biblical.
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Is there a version of the Christian bible that mentions Lillith?
Just curious, I don't remember when I first heard of Lillith. She has just always been known to me.(I was raised Wiccan.) I was very shocked to discover most Christians have no knowledge of their beloved Adams first wife. Is this just not taught to them?
2015-08-07 20:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Alverta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lillith does not appear in the Bible other than in passing (the quote as apready been mentioned by another). Her identity is described in the Midrash, a collection of Jewish lore compiled to, among other things, explain things glossed over in the Torah. So, no, its not taught to Christians at all as part of traditional religious instruction, because the Midrash is not part of Christian tradition.
2007-08-28 07:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good point, I have heard of Lilith Adams first wife who demanded that she be on top. =) I do not think their is a bible that has her in it. I will have to do a little research on that one. This is a very good question! (I am a Christian) I put that in just so you don't think that we have no idea what you are talking about. But you are right many do not know the story about her.
2007-08-27 18:39:32 · answer #5 · answered by Prof. Dave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah 34:14 has the name, but most English translations render the Hebrew word as "goat-demon", "night monster", "night creature", "hairy one", etc. The New American Bible (Catholic) actually says "Lilith".
Before she became part of Jewish folklore, Lilith was an ancient Semitic desert spirit, and the Isaiah reference portrays her in character. The Sumerian "lil" means "wind" or "spirit". In Akkadian, she's Lilitu. The name appears on an 8th Century BCE Canaanite charm found at Arslan Tash. So she's been around for quite awhile.
2007-08-27 18:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by skepsis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Two translations of Isaiah 34:14:
Lilith (Jerusalem Bible, 1966)
lilith (New American Bible, 1970)
2007-08-27 18:51:24 · answer #7 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well it was in the bible untill some bible writter decided to chuck it out. go on wikipedia and type in lillith. and for those who dont know who she is, she's the first wife of adam created from dirt like him and adam told her to submit to him but she didnt so she was kicked out of eden and then eve was created from adam so she would submit to him.
2007-08-27 18:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by queenofthepenguinz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was a Lillith on Cheers. I loved that show.
2007-08-27 18:39:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
she is not in any of the translations of the bible. I think she's mentioned in the books that were left out, or something like that.
2007-08-27 18:34:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anthea™ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋